Reversible window.



PATENTED FEB. 6, 1906.

S. MOAFEE. REVERSIBLE WINDOW.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.3,1904.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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S. MoAIEE. REVERSIBLE WINDOW.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 3,1904.

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UNITED sTAfrEs .MFLTENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 6, 1906.

Application iiled November 3. 1904. Serial No. 231.217.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, STANLEY MCAFEE, a sub ject of the King of Great Britain, but having legally declared my intention of becoming a citizen of the United States, residing at North Adams, in the county of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Reversible Vindows, of which the following is a specification.

It is the object of this invention to so construct the framing, the window-sash, and cooperating parts as that the windows may be released to an extent to bring them to all intents and purposes entirely within the room for the purpose of cleaning, repairing, etc., and at the same time to have the organization and arrangement of parts such that they will be as substantial and, so far as need be, as compact, strong, durable, and storm-proof as is any well-made window now in use and to accomplish all this at a low cost.

The invention will clearly appear from the following description in view of the annexed drawings, forming a part of this specification, the same symbols of reference designating the same parts or features, as the case may be, wherever they occur.

In the said drawings, Figure l is a front or outside elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1 standing on the inside with top sash lowered down to the bottom of the window, the inside facing plate or strip (not shown in Fig. 1) being represented in this view. I Fig. 4 embraces detail views of the cord-holder. Fig. 5 is a detail view of a modification. Fig. 6 is a horizontal detail sectional view, on an enlarged scale, of the hinging ends of the sashes and-their connections.

In the drawings, 1 designates the outside of the window-frame, and 3 and 4 are the jambs of the framing, beyond or outside of which the boxes for the sash-weights to move in are formed.

5 and 5, respectively, designate the rails and stiles of the lower sash, while 6 and 6 respectively, designate the same parts of the upper sash.

7 and 8 are parting-beads arranged between the stiles and ends of the rails of the sash-frames, while 7 and 10 are finishingbeads in front at the sides of the lower sash. (See Fig. 3.) The adjacent stile of the lower sash is cut away at 9, so as not to rub against the bead 8, which latter may be supposed to be finished so as to appear as a part of the sash.

As thus far described the sashes may be raised and lowered the same as commonlyconstructed windows of ordinary dwellings. It is proposed, however, to have the sashes released at one side and swinging inward, so that they can be reached on the outside for the purpose of washing, te., as is represented in full and dotted lines in Fig. 3. In order that this may be accomplished, the left-hand ends (looking from the inside) of the sashrails and stiles are somewhat rounded, as are also the grooves V, in which they slide up and down, so that when the sashes are released at their right-hand sides, as they may be, and the upper sash is lowered Veach sash may be swung inward, turning on the beads 7 7 as pivots, as is clearly shown in Fig. 3. The hinging ends and rounded portions of the sashes are provided with wear-plates W in order to enhance their durability and the ease and smoothness of their operation. The wear-plates are applied to the fiat edge of the sashes on the swing side, and each has a small ilange x, which extends into the rounded space left between the surface of rounded portion of the sash and opposite side of the jamb 4.

11 11 designate sash-weight cords, which are fastened to the upper end of each windowsash on both sides thereof by means of the cord-holders 12, (see Fig. 4,) and the said sash-weight cords extend to the top of the frame over pulleys and downward, where they are connected with sash-weights (not shown) which operate in a vertically-arranged box back of the jambs 3, as is common, outside of the window-frames. It is necessary in the employment of the present invention to suspend the operation of the weights on the sashes while the latter are swung in and out, as stated.

In speaking of the right and left hand sides of the window in this specification it is meant to be taken as the parts are viewed in the several figures unless otherwise specified.

A portion 13 of the window-frame 3 being a part of the jamb and forming the inner side of the sash-weight box has saw-cuts 14 made therein, so that said portion may be removed and the window-stop secured to the jamb at a point above the removable section 13 also has a saw-cut made therein, (designated by IOO the angular line V,) completely severing it. As the removable portion 13 of the windowframe is connected, as stated, with the part of the stop severed from its adjacent part and as said severed part is connected with the intact portion of the frame by a screw 14", it

p follows that by removing the screw 14 the so-called severed portion 10 of the windowstop may be taken out, and with it the removable section 13 of the frame, so that access can be had to the sash-weights at the right-hand side of the frame. In the upper edge of the intact part of the frame from which the portion 13 is removed there are formed two notches 15 16 (shown by dotted lines) for a purpose to be presently explained.

18 and 19 designate saw-cuts made in the left-hand side of the window-frame, (see Fig. 1,) so that a portion 2O of the frame may be removed to get at the sash-weights on the left-hand side to put them out of operation, as stated. Removable portion 2() 1s held in place by a screw 21 and nails 22, which are driven into the-intact portion of the frame at the top cut 18 to hold the removable portion 20 from pushing up too far when the screw 21 is being tightened. l

23 and 24 designate the location of screwplates which assist in holding the wear-plates W in place. The wear-plates may also be secured, as shown in Fig. 6, where screws s', the heads of which are countersunk in the plates, are also passed through them and turned into the end of the window. When the windows are swung open to an angle of forty-five degrees, which is as far as it is permitted that they may be swung, the edge of the flange x on the wearing-plate will move around 1n the groove until it reaches the end of said groove and be stopped by it, and when the windows are fully closed the wearplate and flat face of the rounded end of the window will be brought flush against the rounded end of the groove in which it is arranged to move and be stopped, all as is clearly shown in Fig. 6.

The bead 7 from the point a to the top of the frame is made the shape shown in crosssection in Fig. 3. From the point a downward to the point b it is made of the same thickness as the front bead, as designated by dotted lines immediately below the point a, thus making a storm-proof joint at the point a. From the point b down to the bottom of the frame the said bead 7 is cut away, so as to be out of the way and make room for the bottom rail of the top sash when said sash is swung outward. (See dotted line 25, Fig, 1

A small portion 17 is cut out of the back of the top sash at the top thereof, said cut-out portion extending downward on the back of the sash about one inch and a half. This will allow the to sash after being lowered and swung out ti l its bottom rail strikes the sill of the window to be raised up past the front of the bead 8 sufficiently to allow itto swing over said window-sill, it being understood, of course, that bead 8 extends down no farther than the meeting of the sashes.

The sashes must be at least three-quarters of an inch apart, viewing them asin Fig. 2, in order to give stability to the middle bead 7, Fig. 3.

In Fig. 5 the construction is somewhat modified by making the jamb broader than in Fig. 3, so as to make a deeper window, the finishing-plate being made correspondingly broader.

In the use of the invention the screw 14 will be taken out and the art through which it passes and the removab e section 13, which is connected with it, will be taken out. This vwill allow the lower sash when raised high enough to clear the window-sill to be swung around inside, turning on the rounded bead 7 as a pivot. The sash-weight may be removed and the cord caught in the notch 15 to hold it until it is wanted again for reattachment. Lower the top sash and draw the weight-cord a little toward the opposite side of the window, so that it will swing by the middle stop 8. Raise the sash sufiiciently to allow ittto swing over the sill. Remove the weight-cord and place it in the notch 16, as was done with the cord of the lower sash with respect to the notch 15, when both sashes may be swung insidethe room and the outside surfaces of the Ypanes cleaned as readily as the inside. It will be understood, of course, that the bottom sash must be raised to the top of the window before the severed IOO portion 10 of the stop and the removable portion 13 can be taken out or removed.

It will be noted that the windows may be released and fastened and otherwise manipulated with the greatest readiness while thev operator is standing on the oor, so that a step-ladder or other similar means is not needed, and, furthermore, the curtains need not be interfered with in cleaning the win- IIC dow, nor will they be in the way of doing the work.

I claim- The combination, with a window-casing, provided with removable sections for detaching and removing the sash -weights, and rounded bearings for the sashes at one side, of the window-sash having a rounded form at one side to cooperate with said rounded bearings, middle and facing beads adapted at onel side for the sashes to turn thereon as pivots, and means for securing and releasing the sashes at the side opposite to that first men- In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

STANLEY MCAFEE. Witnesses:

EDWARD G. KIELY, FELIX KIELY. 

